Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2013 by Jeffrey Beall
Thanks very much for letting me know about this new publisher. I have analyzed it and added it to my list. Among others, one problem I saw is that they have accepted and published papers in one of...
View ArticleComment on “International Recognition Multidisciplinary Research Journals,...
I found a journal published by Springer “Electrical Engineering” has both GISI impact factor (3.7490) and SCR impact factor (0.303) in 2012. Another journal “Electrical Engineering in Japan” from Wiley...
View ArticleComment on Appeals by GTBankplc
Dear Doc. I indeed appreciate your good work. Thank you very much. Dr. Obadara, O. ________________________________
View ArticleComment on Hindawi’s Profit Margin is Higher than Elsevier’s by brembs
“Why aren’t all the anti-profit zealots complaining about Hindawi’s 52% profit margin?” I am: “universal, unregulated Gold Open Access is one of the few situations I can imagine that would potentially...
View ArticleComment on LIST OF PUBLISHERS by Batesian and aggressive mimicry in academic...
[…] at the University of Colorado, Denver, the Open-Acces movement has inadvertently given rise to a legion of ‘predatory publishers’. The publishers offer (for a hefty fee) to publish research papers...
View ArticleComment on Recognizing a Pattern of Problems in “Pattern Recognition in...
Its not good bad from the publisher. But it is also a reality that first few issues of almost every publisher are not good. That’s why ISI, Scopus and PubMed always ignore 2 or 3 issues and index...
View ArticleComment on Recognizing a Pattern of Problems in “Pattern Recognition in...
I think that Ouadfel is surfing on the Copernicus name .Copernicus is the Publisher of the highly respected Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) and Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions...
View ArticleComment on Recognizing a Pattern of Problems in “Pattern Recognition in...
What is interesting to me is why you do not include this one in your list. Have you made any changes in your policy? You used to be much harder on OA startups!
View ArticleComment on Recognizing a Pattern of Problems in “Pattern Recognition in...
[…] One more pattern of problems with that journal, Prof. Beall. […]
View ArticleComment on Recognizing a Pattern of Problems in “Pattern Recognition in...
Thank you dr beall for the pattern recognition writeup that tracked a plagiarized part of an earlier published manuscript. Your advocacy Has helped the far reaches of the planet, such as the...
View ArticleComment on Recognizing a Pattern of Problems in “Pattern Recognition in...
[…] One more pattern of problems with that journal, Prof. Beall. […]
View ArticleComment on Avestia Publishing: A New Bottom-Tier Publisher from Canada by Tim
I’ve found your blog very helpful so far, in particular for confirming (or at least providing more evidence) that Science and Engineering Publishing Company are bogus. However the question has occurred...
View ArticleComment on Avestia Publishing: A New Bottom-Tier Publisher from Canada by...
Here are some things that I would expect to see in a normal new scholarly publisher: 1. Subscription to a digital preservation service, such as Portico or LOCKSS. 2. Membership in a professional...
View ArticleComment on LIST OF PUBLISHERS by beall’s list | chez kait
[…] Jeffrey Beall’s list of possibly predatory scholarly open-access publishers (as heard about on On the Media… again). Bookmarking it for myself, sharing. I suspect public admin/policy might be even...
View ArticleComment on Avestia Publishing: A New Bottom-Tier Publisher from Canada by Tim
Thanks, those criteria all look good to me. I’m circumspect regarding #7 as I feel that while restricting the number of broad-focus journals helps to prevent dilution of quality, it could equally be...
View ArticleComment on Avestia Publishing: A New Bottom-Tier Publisher from Canada by...
Tim, a lot of these things are mentioned in my criteria here: http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/11/30/criteria-for-determining-predatory-open-access-publishers-2nd-edition/ Thanks, Jeffrey
View ArticleComment on Avestia Publishing: A New Bottom-Tier Publisher from Canada by Tim
Thanks, bookmarked! (For the link to your “Criteria” page I mean — I can’t seem to reply to your second reply to me, so I’m replying here.)
View ArticleComment on Avestia Publishing: A New Bottom-Tier Publisher from Canada by...
You should be responsible and careful with your comments. Sincerely A Mexican citizen
View ArticleComment on Another Fleet Startup: JSciMed Central by Brian Shewchuk
I received an email solicitation to be on the editorial board of “JSM Biochemistry & Molecular Biology” today. I knew it was a typical open access fake journal scam, but checked here to be sure....
View ArticleComment on Avestia Publishing: A New Bottom-Tier Publisher from Canada by Tim
With respect, I don’t understand the motivation for your comment. Do you think Who?’s comment implies something negative about Mexican publishers, or Mexicans in general?
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